For Mr. Boyle, a Swiss Army knife of a filmmaker, there's always something new.
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07/27/07
Sunshine (2007)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:112
Rotten:39
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Danny Boyle continues his descent into mind-twisting sci-fi madness, taking us along for the ride. Sunshine fulfills the dual requisite necessary to become classic sci-fi: dazzling visuals with intelligent action.
Theatrical Release:06-04-2007
Synopsis: Danny Boyle has excelled in nearly every genre he's touched from the family film (MILLIONS) to the zombie movie (28 DAYS LATER) to the drug-fuelled drama (TRAINSPOTTING). With SUNSHINE, he brings... [More]
Reviews for Sunshine
Steven Soderbergh had his emotionally constipated Solaris, and now Boyle has this long night's journey into day.
07/27/07
There's a near-tactile pleasure to the special effects in Sunshine that is uncommon in this era of CGI imagery.
07/27/07
Problems arise in the film’s third act...and the film doesn't recover.
07/27/07
Sunshine does not achieve the unity of theme or abstract totality of 2001 (which remains the gold standard for the genre), but it does effectively grapple with provocative questions of morality and spirituality.
07/27/07
The spaceship sequences are done entirely with computer-generated images, but the contrast between darkness and light provides the tactile feel of old-fashioned visual effects.
07/27/07
Boyle has always been exceptionally good at creating suspense... and he succeeds again here, incorporating tight close-ups, sometimes distorted sound and a series of striking visuals into a wondrously warped picture.
07/27/07
More compelling and engrossing than any sci-fi film of the last few years.
07/27/07
"Sunshine" is 90% a great film, a believable and intriguing meditation on life, the human spirit and how far some people are willing to go for the betterment of all mankind.
07/27/07
A sci-fi snoozer that will remind one of another such pretentious dud, Solaris, Steven Soderbergh's 2002 fiasco starring George Clooney.
07/26/07
Other movies may explore the depths of outer space. This movie explores the shallows.
07/26/07
The knockout trailer promised a masterpiece. It's not that, but it is entertaining.
07/26/07
At a certain point, like a dying star about to pop into eternal nothingness, the movie can't be seen as anything -- it just implodes.
07/26/07
Sunshine comes with the promise of 2001: A Space Odyssey, as imagined by Danny Boyle. Even as Armageddon as imagined by Danny Boyle, it doesn't disappoint.
07/26/07
Sunshine quickly fades from near-brilliance to dim potboiler.
07/26/07
It is a great-looking but dramatically flat bit of star lore docked at the inner shores of the galaxy, rather than its outer limits.
07/26/07
Around the hour mark, the movie takes a turn for the worse. Not to give too much away, but it pretty much turns into a dumber, gory thriller.
07/26/07
As long as the picture maintains a philosophical distance, there is about it a magisterial, ravishing loveliness.
07/26/07
Not as good as you'd expect, but with Boyle expectations are almost unfairly high.
07/26/07
Beam yourselves aboard Sunshine, set 50 years in the future. The voyage works, beautifully.
07/26/07
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